:00:33. > :00:38.Hello again from Alexandra Palace on day two of the Masters. On our menu
:00:39. > :00:43.for you in this programme - we have a very intriguing match-up between a
:00:44. > :00:49.former world number one and a former Masters finalist, because we've got
:00:50. > :00:53.the Juddernaut in town, Judd Trump, against Fu if, who was last seen in
:00:54. > :00:57.this competition in the final at Wembley Arena in 2011. He has not
:00:58. > :01:01.featured in this event since then. So, promises to be a very
:01:02. > :01:04.interesting match-up. At the moment, before they played, it was Judd
:01:05. > :01:08.Trump with the superior record in their head to head - six victories
:01:09. > :01:14.to Marco's one. What would happen today? Let's find out in the company
:01:15. > :01:38.of John Virgo and birthday boy Stephen Hendry.
:01:39. > :01:46.He's got to start producing now, Judd. He's the best of his era. When
:01:47. > :01:49.you ask who the up-and-coming talent is, everybody says Judd Trump. He's
:01:50. > :01:52.got to start proving that on the table. He lost to John Higgins in
:01:53. > :01:55.the final of the World Championship. You thought that would be the start
:01:56. > :01:59.of something big, but it's not materialised.
:02:00. > :02:07.He's got one of the toughest competitors on the circuit, when
:02:08. > :02:13.he's on his game, Stephen, in Marco Fu. Absolutely.
:02:14. > :02:21.Marco Fu is either a world-beater or you just don't hear from him.
:02:22. > :02:25.Tremendous scorer when he's playing well, fuif afu. Fantastic in amongst
:02:26. > :02:34.the pink and black. Great control. I agree - we were talking about
:02:35. > :02:38.Judd. These are the tournaments - if he believes he's one of the best
:02:39. > :02:57.players in the world, you have to be winning these tournaments.
:02:58. > :03:02.He's left a red to the far right corner. Wouldn't have to do much
:03:03. > :03:06.with the cue ball to help position on the black. That was an
:03:07. > :03:14.opportunity missed there from Marco, as we see it again.
:03:15. > :03:23.APPLAUSE Nicely potted, so the first chance,
:03:24. > :03:26.the first frame, always a settler if you can score a few points at your
:03:27. > :03:39.first opportunity. Didn't have to do anything with the
:03:40. > :03:41.cue ball - it was automatically going to be on the black. What can
:03:42. > :04:06.he make of this opportunity? It's amazing, that red that Marco
:04:07. > :04:11.missed. Your very first pot attempt in the match. It's amazing how it
:04:12. > :04:17.dents the confidence a wee bit if you don't get it. These are pots
:04:18. > :04:22.that professionals expect to get. His hand was on the table.
:04:23. > :04:30.You can bet your life, before he came out in the arena on the
:04:31. > :04:35.practice table, he was practising that type of shot.
:04:36. > :04:45.But he missed it on the big stage, and it could be very costly.
:04:46. > :04:49.A couple of loose reds. Very soon, Judd will be thinking of a way to
:04:50. > :05:18.get an angle on the colour. He'll be disappointed. He'll have to
:05:19. > :05:21.play for the one open red now. Should have had more angle on the
:05:22. > :05:34.blue than this. He's a bit straight on this red.
:05:35. > :05:39.It's not going to be easy to get a good angle on the blue. He'd prefer
:05:40. > :05:46.to go in via the blue rather than the black, because the pink is where
:05:47. > :05:51.it is. Checking to see if the pink pots - that would obviously be an
:05:52. > :05:54.easier way of opening up the reds. It was a bit careless to leave
:05:55. > :06:18.himself straight off the blue there. Absolutely superb!
:06:19. > :06:25.APPLAUSE He got some pace in that coming off
:06:26. > :06:26.the top cushion. Just a little bit of an art, but they couldn't have
:06:27. > :07:29.done much better. Good shot. CROWD GROANS
:07:30. > :07:32.So careless! So very, very careless. He was absolutely perfect on the red
:07:33. > :07:36.and must have been thinking about the next shot rather than the one in
:07:37. > :07:46.front of him! I was going to say how relaxed and
:07:47. > :07:53.focused and composed he looked around the table, and then he does
:07:54. > :08:01.this... Don't focus on the shot, and you just put a tiny trace of side
:08:02. > :08:32.on, and it pushes the cue ball over. Easily done.
:08:33. > :08:39.There is a little gap - he can just manoeuvre it over.
:08:40. > :08:46.He just glanced a bit at the table, Marco. I'm sure when Judd brought
:08:47. > :08:50.the balls as he did, he thought that was frame over.
:08:51. > :09:26.Played it well. APPLAUSE
:09:27. > :09:51.Back up for the blue but no problem. Perfect in it.
:09:52. > :09:55.Do not know if the pink pots the left corner. He will have to move
:09:56. > :10:06.the red at some stage. He decided to do it off that black.
:10:07. > :10:37.It is OK, not perfect. He has let the cue ball drift. For
:10:38. > :10:39.all five inches too far. Is he straight enough to drop the blue in
:10:40. > :11:07.deadweight. He did drop it in deadweight. Once
:11:08. > :11:09.again, not perfect. Judd Trump may see a chance to get back to the
:11:10. > :11:23.table. This is a thin cut. Not fair. Now has he covered the red
:11:24. > :11:32.over the corner. That is what Marco Fu will be looking at. Do not then
:11:33. > :11:42.she has. Judd Trump can clearly get through to the Swede. He still has a
:11:43. > :11:53.13 point league. -- red. These three reads, if straight, and he is a bit
:11:54. > :11:56.concerned, the one in he does not want to do is pinch at the pocket
:11:57. > :12:02.and must the red. He can screw back, he has plenty of? Power. Screw
:12:03. > :12:54.back for the pink rather than the black. But do not miss the pot.
:12:55. > :13:10.28 points the league now. 35 remaining. Pot this rego 29 ahead
:13:11. > :13:18.with 27 remaining. -- red. Frame ball, missed. Marco Fu looking at
:13:19. > :13:28.the scoreboard as we have a look at that must in the frame ball red. Be
:13:29. > :13:40.disappointed to miss that. This red is tough. Played it nicely.
:13:41. > :13:53.Absolutely perfect in the black. A new favourite for this frame now.
:13:54. > :14:14.He has overhead that. Can he get past the brown. He overhit it badly.
:14:15. > :14:22.He will have two play over the right-hand side to kill the pace of
:14:23. > :14:23.the cue ball. Nicely done. Needs himself a little bit further away
:14:24. > :14:45.from the green. Four remaining colours needed. This
:14:46. > :14:51.will be a blow to the confidence of Judd Trump, he has had to macro good
:14:52. > :15:03.chances to win the first frame. -- two. That is perfect in the blue. He
:15:04. > :15:06.could not have put it better with his hand. An inch perfect in the
:15:07. > :15:13.pink. Points are level. Black for the
:15:14. > :15:28.first frame. In it goes, they blow to Judd Trump.
:15:29. > :15:39.Looked as if he would win macro the frame. Marco Fu missed the vital
:15:40. > :15:58.frame ball red. Marco Fu takes the first frame.
:15:59. > :16:21.Little bit unfortunate. Hoping to be in a mother colour there. -- in
:16:22. > :16:55.another colour. He did used to go for everything. He
:16:56. > :17:05.has lent a few lessons over the last few seasons. You cannot pot every.
:17:06. > :17:10.But the two balls he has missed, he backed on to pot and it cost the
:17:11. > :17:16.first frame. We will see how has powers of recovery are. He would be
:17:17. > :17:23.very disappointed to lose that first frame in the size he did. He has
:17:24. > :17:25.just slipped off the red. There is a red to the right middle will stop
:17:26. > :17:39.awkward queueing, it must be said. This is definitely one he would have
:17:40. > :17:51.taken on. Even last season. He has given it thought.
:17:52. > :18:08.To me that Reid was more difficult than be blue he refused. Few would
:18:09. > :18:29.expect to get it. This one, you are striking down like
:18:30. > :18:59.that, a very acute angle, you have two be so accurate.
:19:00. > :19:16.Here is the shot, Judd Trump hit a blue to the macro corner. This
:19:17. > :19:20.natural game is to attack. If he makes himself play defensive, it
:19:21. > :19:23.affects as confidence and his game. Their comment, and a few had won the
:19:24. > :19:31.first frame like he should have done, he would have thought about
:19:32. > :19:37.the blue. As a body blow when you lose a frame like that. He has a
:19:38. > :19:42.chance here. He could not have played it any better than that. Does
:19:43. > :19:48.the black still go to the corner? He would have been very unlucky if it
:19:49. > :19:54.did not. It clearly does. What a chance this is.
:19:55. > :20:02.A funny thing, we talk about, all the great shot is, one of the arts
:20:03. > :20:07.as mentioned in the studio as we watch the split again, is do not
:20:08. > :20:11.miss easy shots. Believe me, if you do not miss easy pots, when you are
:20:12. > :20:28.in you will not lose many frames. I can't believe he missed that, you
:20:29. > :20:32.could fail at the other side of the pocket. That was into a blind
:20:33. > :20:37.pocket, possibly forgiveable, but one we expect at him to get will
:20:38. > :20:43.stop needs to make the most of this opportunity. Straightaway, he has
:20:44. > :20:51.missed the cannon that he played. He played the cannon to red above the
:20:52. > :21:21.black. But he is OK. As it turns out.
:21:22. > :21:30.He does need to win this frame in wonders. That will raise the
:21:31. > :21:40.memories of the first frame. -- in wonders. Not with that positional
:21:41. > :21:56.shot. He is hampered by the red near the cushion. It makes his black more
:21:57. > :22:11.awkward, striking down will stop. He exaggerates it.
:22:12. > :22:22.It is amazing. Was he trying to pinch it at the pocket to avoid the
:22:23. > :22:29.cannon in the red. I do not know, whatever happened, he hit across it
:22:30. > :22:35.slightly. A bit of body movement there, he has tremendous cue power,
:22:36. > :22:41.does not need to Jews as body to create that. All about timing. That
:22:42. > :22:44.is pressure. That is when you are not feeling pressure -- confident.
:22:45. > :23:06.That comes in. Looking at that shot again, a little
:23:07. > :23:11.slight movement of the head. Probably brought on by the first
:23:12. > :23:19.frame. A couple of Mrs in the first frame, it sticks in your hit. --
:23:20. > :23:26.this is. Not the easiest opportunity for Marco in the way the balls are
:23:27. > :23:37.situated. That is a nice cannon. It has opened the four reads up a
:23:38. > :23:46.little bit more. -- reds. Judd sits in his seat and suffers another
:23:47. > :23:51.straightforward pot. He played that down the left-hand side to get the
:23:52. > :23:59.cannon. He could flick the end red. He has not it on. -- knocked it on.
:24:00. > :24:09.Played it will, right in the heart of the pocket. It has been mentioned
:24:10. > :24:13.many a time, due to the fact he has a very short cue action, Marco Fu,
:24:14. > :24:18.heat is not possess a lot of cue power, having to run the cue ball up
:24:19. > :24:25.and down the table is not the easiest for him. He wobbled the
:24:26. > :24:32.green in. Played it nicely. Finished perfectly in this red. -- in this
:24:33. > :25:00.red. We just caught a brief limbs of his
:25:01. > :25:04.cue action there. It is perfect cue action if you wanted one for when
:25:05. > :25:13.you are in and around the black and pink areas.
:25:14. > :25:21.Very economical, nothing can go wrong. Just the long game that is
:25:22. > :25:29.his week and is, consistently missing long balls. -- weakness. At
:25:30. > :25:43.this end of the table, what he is playing is as good as anybody.
:25:44. > :25:49.This black will put in one point in front.
:25:50. > :25:55.He will need these four remaining reds will stop not easy to win the
:25:56. > :26:05.frame at this visit. If he is dead straight on this red
:26:06. > :26:38.pet will be awkward. He struck that well. APPLAUSE.. He
:26:39. > :26:44.is with that WWE the world. -- the best in the world. He got plenty of
:26:45. > :26:46.action in the cue ball. He still needs another good shot now to keep
:26:47. > :27:06.it going. Bottom, follow-through. It was the red in the bolt line that
:27:07. > :27:15.was portable. If you did it would be in the yellow. A little bit too
:27:16. > :27:19.risky. If he did play the red that is in the bolt line to the far left
:27:20. > :27:24.corner, the only red could lead as the one is playing. If he fancied
:27:25. > :27:37.the long straight red, I would not name him. -- Lehman.
:27:38. > :27:44.Is he playing across double, this red to the right middle.
:27:45. > :29:00.He has played it well. Good shot. APPLAUSE..
:29:01. > :29:36.Marco Fu, five point in front. An important tactical exchange, this.
:29:37. > :29:49.Sometimes in these type of situations, patience is what can
:29:50. > :29:56.stand you in good stead. Of the two, I would favour Marco Fu having more
:29:57. > :30:07.patience than judge. It is an important facet of this match. An
:30:08. > :30:30.excellent shot. Top drawer. Well played.
:30:31. > :30:39.The shaded area, that's what they do on match of the day. Look at all
:30:40. > :30:51.these -- the space in the shaded area. The speakers are all red.
:30:52. > :31:03.That was unlucky. Wanted to hit the red half ball up the table, to catch
:31:04. > :31:07.it that then and going off, he can consider himself very unfortunate.
:31:08. > :31:14.He could have a thousand attempts at that and not do it again. Here is a
:31:15. > :31:19.chance for Judd Trump. We know the big stumbling block, that is the
:31:20. > :31:25.red, tight against the right-hand side cushion. If he could pot this
:31:26. > :31:28.Mac pro to in the ball and play the cannon, he would play it, but the
:31:29. > :31:52.green is in the way. Left a nice angle on the green. It
:31:53. > :31:57.is value trying to move the red away from the cushion. People need it to
:31:58. > :32:05.win the frame. Could not have played it any better than that stop
:32:06. > :32:20.APPLAUSE.. Chance to win the frame. Barring slipups.
:32:21. > :32:26.Looking at the scoreboard desperately. Once to see if he can
:32:27. > :32:34.win this frame without potting the blue. He can do, pots the pink, goes
:32:35. > :32:42.10 points in front. Then the yellow, green and brown, one of them
:32:43. > :32:48.with a colour, and then three bulk colours. He will not need the blue
:32:49. > :32:51.to clinch the frame will stop he will be well past the point of
:32:52. > :33:26.snooker is required. Just green and brown required. To
:33:27. > :33:50.leave his opponent needing snooker to time. -- too tired. -- to tie.
:33:51. > :34:08.Full snooker, he would be in the blue.
:34:09. > :34:18.It must be said, Marco Fu was very unlucky when he got out in snooker.
:34:19. > :34:30.He had his chance earlier to clinch the frame. One snooker, not the
:34:31. > :34:39.tallest order. Not quite there. At this level, it is not only the
:34:40. > :34:51.snooker you had to make it difficult to hit. That looks like a snooker.
:34:52. > :35:04.He wants to get in off two cushions and get behind the blue and kick it
:35:05. > :35:06.off the table. Knocking it over the corner, end of frame. It will be a
:35:07. > :35:23.relieved Judd Trump. He made a mistake but he got another
:35:24. > :35:33.chance. That time, he took it. APPLAUSE.
:35:34. > :35:40.Just a bit of an exhibition shot, he will be mighty relieved, Judd
:35:41. > :35:55.Trump. Not without a mistake will two. It is one piece.
:35:56. > :36:03.I always believed no player settles until he gets his first frame on the
:36:04. > :36:11.scoreboard. They have both had won and both had Mrs. Judd Trump has
:36:12. > :36:12.missed more than Marco at the moment will stop all set now for a good
:36:13. > :36:59.match. Should not be a problem for Marco to
:37:00. > :37:27.rest and to the bunch here. People too much weight in that? Has
:37:28. > :37:44.you left it in the middle? He has. It was a bit careless.
:37:45. > :37:52.Just a bit of heavy contact. The cue ball to run through as he would have
:37:53. > :37:58.liked. He will not play the pink because the spot is not available.
:37:59. > :38:39.He will put this red into the same pocket.
:38:40. > :38:46.You would like to run through for the black. But if you do not get
:38:47. > :38:51.kiss, you will end up with nothing. We will see how he plays it. He did
:38:52. > :38:52.not want to take that risk. He played it for the pink, pleaded
:38:53. > :39:26.nicely. -- played it. Just checking what's available. It
:39:27. > :39:38.could be the pink going into the right corner, it looks as though it
:39:39. > :39:49.will. Is he on the black? He did not expect to kiss that read as full as
:39:50. > :39:59.he did. It looks OK. That was a good shot. It did not have the perfect
:40:00. > :40:11.angle, but forced it without any effort. Inch perfect on this red.
:40:12. > :40:24.There is one loose red, but time to go into them? And awkward pack. And
:40:25. > :40:33.awkward angle on the black. He did not catch the bunch for that. He has
:40:34. > :40:45.a red to left centre. He played a stunned shot.
:40:46. > :40:53.Anyway, it worked out nicely. It would be a lot better to go into
:40:54. > :41:05.next time around it. He could go into it off the pink. He did. He has
:41:06. > :41:15.wanted to the right corner. It is not too difficult a pot. He has to
:41:16. > :41:21.control the cue ball. He played it very well. This is a really good at
:41:22. > :41:27.the Jammu now to clinch this third frame. -- a really good opportunity
:41:28. > :41:56.now. That easy read he missed in the
:41:57. > :42:06.first round will sharpen him up. He will not let it go again. If you do
:42:07. > :42:16.not concentrate, he did not strike it properly. Having done that once,
:42:17. > :42:30.he will not do it again. He would consider red as under civil. There
:42:31. > :42:41.is nothing under civil in the scam. This is the Franklin show. Just a
:42:42. > :42:53.cover needed. He will go 71 points in front with just 67 remaining. He
:42:54. > :43:01.screwed it slightly, but he is in the snookers required stage. If he
:43:02. > :43:14.pops this red, you will expect Marco Fu to come back to this table. Marco
:43:15. > :43:43.Fu has not had much chance in this frame.
:43:44. > :43:55.Just thinking back to this frame, a slipper behind the black, did not
:43:56. > :44:01.look any problem, Marco Fu overhit it an inch or two. He has been set
:44:02. > :44:09.down ever since. Unfortunately, we will not see a century. An excellent
:44:10. > :44:10.break of 87. Judd Trump put that first frame defeat behind him and
:44:11. > :44:54.leads by two frames. That is a good safety. Such a fine
:44:55. > :45:01.line isn't it? Between attack and defence. You feel as if it turns
:45:02. > :45:18.into a tactical battle. You would favour Marco Fu. I do not know at
:45:19. > :45:24.this red sticking out will pot. If it does, he will have it replaced.
:45:25. > :45:32.The reason being that Marco Fu message. He could go in off, or he
:45:33. > :45:44.could rattle in the jaws of this pocket. He will have to catch this
:45:45. > :45:52.just right. A Miss Q. Now, a warning. It will be replaced and he
:45:53. > :46:15.will be warned. He is not want to miss again, otherwise he will lose
:46:16. > :46:23.the frame. Plenty of chalk on a tip. He hit it this time. That was always
:46:24. > :46:30.his problem. He was frightened of knocking it into the left corner. It
:46:31. > :46:39.is what he has done. Judd Trump has knocked in a few of these. Not that
:46:40. > :46:50.one. Much to pick. He has left this red. How easily it can turn around.
:46:51. > :47:04.That was a chance. You always get a chance.
:47:05. > :47:13.From both players it is pretty reasonable. He played that nicely.
:47:14. > :47:25.He is on the black. He will play a cannon on the red to the left of the
:47:26. > :47:29.black. He will try to develop it. He pleaded nicely. This is where he is
:47:30. > :47:55.at his best, Marco Fu. He would have liked the cue ball to
:47:56. > :48:03.travel a few extra inches. He could leave a red to the right corner. He
:48:04. > :48:08.will be looking for an angle of the black after this red. It is always
:48:09. > :48:34.difficult to go into the bunch with one or two reds.
:48:35. > :48:49.Where is the red? It just ran past the middle pocket. He did not have
:48:50. > :48:57.anything easy now. Plenty of bottom. He just did not have enough pace.
:48:58. > :49:08.You would see Ronnie O'Sullivan play that in the cue ball would keep
:49:09. > :49:09.travelling. There is nothing easy, a possibility of red to the medal. It
:49:10. > :49:31.is hampered. A nice pot. A very good pot. He is
:49:32. > :49:53.just about on the black. On a good recovery. Back in good
:49:54. > :50:21.position. This pink is still possible. He will
:50:22. > :51:07.keep running. A nice angle to come off one
:51:08. > :51:21.question and hit the bunch. -- cushion. He can do it off the blue.
:51:22. > :51:30.He looks to have the perfect angle. He decided to play for the one red.
:51:31. > :51:35.He is nicely honoured. A pot will bring a couple more reds into play.
:51:36. > :51:39.The blue has no spot available, the peak is occupying the blue spot. He
:51:40. > :52:04.goes as close to the pot as you can. The cue ball close to the
:52:05. > :52:39.middle. Both the blue and pink will be possible. They are not touching.
:52:40. > :52:45.He wants to play the black, but he may have left himself too much
:52:46. > :53:08.angle. The black to the right corner. And those angle on the blue
:53:09. > :53:16.to run through. He would get it either way. It will make the black
:53:17. > :53:20.available to both corners. He decided to stun down the line. He
:53:21. > :53:22.will still play for that read, which clears both corner pockets now. This
:53:23. > :54:03.is an excellent chance. Just looking at Marco Fu's body
:54:04. > :54:32.language, and that of a grimace. He should have been better that. That's
:54:33. > :54:39.was careless. No harm done. Now back in perfect position. Potting this
:54:40. > :54:51.red will release the reds next to it. It will go into the right
:54:52. > :54:59.corner. 59 points as the lead, 67 remaining. He is nicely on the
:55:00. > :55:11.black. He would fancy a sensory hair. -- a century here. He is not
:55:12. > :55:16.happy with that. It did not run through borough not, but it will not
:55:17. > :55:49.cost. He is in the slipper is required stage. A funny old game. It
:55:50. > :55:52.did not seem that long ago that he was being warned that if he did not
:55:53. > :55:58.hit the red, he would forfeit the game. He finished up with a good
:55:59. > :56:06.safety shot. He has sat down ever since. -- Judd Trump has sat down
:56:07. > :56:38.ever since. Highest break so far in the Masters.
:56:39. > :57:04.It was a break of 136. ?10,000 for the highest break.
:57:05. > :57:11.The front-runner for the prize is 138. There have already been three
:57:12. > :57:25.centuries, but as many as you would normally expect. We are only into
:57:26. > :57:30.the second day. Just not the right side of the blue hair. He is the
:57:31. > :57:32.perfect position on the pink. He will have to send the cue ball in
:57:33. > :57:53.and out. It is going to need to bounce off
:57:54. > :58:02.the stock cushion. This for the frontrunner in the high break prize.
:58:03. > :58:07.In it goes. That was Marco Fu at his best. He gets around the pink and
:58:08. > :58:11.black and that cue action is tailor-made it. He wins the first
:58:12. > :59:17.frame after the interval and leads by three frames. -- leads, 3-2.
:59:18. > :59:27.That is a little bit careless from Marco Fu. I think you left one here.
:59:28. > :59:38.He has not had a good record with this. He has been leading bulls on.
:59:39. > :59:54.It has cost them. A simple looking snooker he has left the pot on.
:59:55. > :00:01.The big difference between the two players is that Judd Trump is like
:00:02. > :00:07.myself, he cares how he plays. For Marco Fu, victory is important. Judd
:00:08. > :00:12.Trump work of the pleasure unless he is playing well. I know a few
:00:13. > :00:17.players, if they miss a few pots early on, that the villas are they
:00:18. > :00:23.are entitled to win it. It is an embarrassment, if you like. Other
:00:24. > :00:28.players put those shots behind them. They think is not yet over line...
:00:29. > :00:42.-- as long as you get. A decent opportunity now for Judd
:00:43. > :00:48.Trump to build a useful lead in this important seventh frame. Best of 11,
:00:49. > :01:24.first to six. He books his place in the second round.
:01:25. > :01:33.Just missed the cannon that. He has played it on the outside. He just
:01:34. > :01:39.shaved passes. He always knew he would have another one, but he can
:01:40. > :01:43.certainly retain position on the black. He thinks he can, dropping it
:01:44. > :02:10.in. What sort of an angle has E.ON this
:02:11. > :02:22.red? It is a cave. He can screw on an off the side cushion. A bit
:02:23. > :02:28.straighter than he would have liked. He cannot get on that straight
:02:29. > :02:36.because of the red that he tried to before. He is going to have to
:02:37. > :02:49.either run through the cluster or play the screenshot. -- screw shot.
:02:50. > :02:59.He decided to play with lots of pace. Two reds went in. He is not on
:03:00. > :03:04.the black. A bit of pressure on this blue. There is the second one in the
:03:05. > :03:37.second pocket. He used all the pocket there. You
:03:38. > :03:47.could see he was not happy. Slight movement there. That was one that
:03:48. > :03:55.could have been uneasiness. He just got away with it. -- and easy mess.
:03:56. > :04:05.A bit more pace and it would not have dropped. Take nothing for
:04:06. > :04:11.granted in the scam. It is not dissimilar to the red he missed in
:04:12. > :04:17.the first game. If anything, he want to be near the right hands Jordan
:04:18. > :04:26.that. This was the one. Maybe, unintentionally, hitting across the
:04:27. > :04:27.ball slightly. A touch of the right-hand side pushing the cue ball
:04:28. > :04:56.over. This black to go 67 points in front.
:04:57. > :05:34.One more red required. He is on the red he needs.
:05:35. > :05:47.One brown, one blue, two thinks and the blacks. It would be nice to see
:05:48. > :05:51.him make a century break. His opponent has a ready-made 138, which
:05:52. > :05:58.is the highest break in the Masters this year. He could not be that
:05:59. > :06:03.here. Every player worth his salt likes to make a century break. It
:06:04. > :06:35.gives the crowd something to cheer about.
:06:36. > :06:49.He tried to move the red. There was no need for that.
:06:50. > :07:07.In that. Wonderful. Perfect on the black. What a plot that was. What a
:07:08. > :07:27.shame. I'll! I was looking at the wrong pocket. -- Oh! A great pot.
:07:28. > :07:40.Was the black trick shot or a flute? I would hazard a guess that very few
:07:41. > :07:44.players could pot that at that pace. This is when he is at his happiness,
:07:45. > :07:52.when he can be knocking the ball is like this. It really shows off his
:07:53. > :07:57.talent. It just needs to slow up to be perfect. Here is another deep
:07:58. > :08:21.screw up and down the table. What a wonderful finish and a
:08:22. > :08:23.wonderful frame. He worked hard to win the last one, he did that one in
:08:24. > :08:41.style. He now leads, 4-3. Marco Fu had to sit out the last
:08:42. > :08:47.frame. He gets frame eight under way. We'll be hoping he gets a
:08:48. > :08:52.chance. That is the strange thing about snooker. In a frame five G-Men
:08:53. > :09:02.a marvellous break, highest of the tournament, but has never had an
:09:03. > :09:12.opportunity since. -- in frame five he made a marvellous break.
:09:13. > :09:17.He missed the red, but he really struck it well. Wasn't far away from
:09:18. > :09:23.the pot. Because he hit it and got so close to the pot, that's why the
:09:24. > :09:47.cue ball did as he expected - got back to the baulk end.
:09:48. > :10:04.Terrific pot from Marco. Nice angle on the blue.
:10:05. > :10:10.The cue came off the bridge end a bit - that's what he has to do
:10:11. > :10:18.sometimes to get the power that's required. A good, accurate pot.
:10:19. > :10:24.A good idea there - he played the cannon into the black, trying to
:10:25. > :12:18.bring the black into play. He's done that.
:12:19. > :12:30.He arcs the cue ball into the pack, bringing it back through the reds.
:12:31. > :13:12.Good shot. APPLAUSE
:13:13. > :13:18.The fourth frame took aphour. It's been a good standard. Early in the
:13:19. > :13:23.match, there were a few misses from both players, but then we had that
:13:24. > :13:27.long, drawn-out affair in the fourth frame. Since then, the frames have
:13:28. > :13:38.really picked up - and the pot percentage. Particularly for Judd
:13:39. > :13:43.Trump, up to 90% now. 93% for Marco - normally good enough to win a
:13:44. > :14:20.match, but he finds himself 4-3 behind!
:14:21. > :14:26.A lot will depend now on the angle - if he nailed the angle to pot the
:14:27. > :14:29.blue into the far right corner and screw back into the main bunch of
:14:30. > :14:49.reds. It's imperative now that he gets a
:14:50. > :14:59.good angle on the black. There's no more loose reds to play for.
:15:00. > :15:04.This could be the key to the frame if he pots this black and the reds
:15:05. > :15:42.spread nicely - he should win it. APPLAUSE
:15:43. > :15:46.Nice break of 54. Not a bad finish. He had a few chances to go into the
:15:47. > :15:52.cluster, and left it till the last minute. That's the problem - if you
:15:53. > :16:08.just don't get it right on that last attempt, you can't win the frame.
:16:09. > :16:13.Michaela took so long to call a miss, I thought maybe he just
:16:14. > :16:16.scraped it, but obviously hadn't. I don't think he can hit this red full
:16:17. > :16:27.ball. He can't afford to give too many
:16:28. > :16:43.points away... Just check that for me, please. Yann
:16:44. > :16:46.Verhass - marking this match. That's where it was. That's where it is
:16:47. > :17:20.now. Looks pretty good to me. He won't be worn here. He clearly
:17:21. > :17:28.can't make full contact, which is a term I learned earlier on. He's now
:17:29. > :17:48.62 points behind. Does he think it's rolling off slightly?
:17:49. > :17:52.He doesn't want to catch this red too thick. Well played.
:17:53. > :18:02.APPLAUSE He's not got a good length for the
:18:03. > :18:07.cue ball, but he didn't want to leave a chance for his opponent. One
:18:08. > :18:20.more chance, and Marco Fu will win the frame.
:18:21. > :18:29.Even though Marco's 62 points in front, there's not a colour safe.
:18:30. > :18:36.There's a red safe now, though. APPLAUSE
:18:37. > :19:07.The only red that Marco can hit - the one on the left-hand side of the
:19:08. > :19:10.table - is the one he doesn't want to play. He doesn't want to bring
:19:11. > :19:21.that away from the cushion. What's the alternative? With all
:19:22. > :19:24.these colours in the open - 62 lead might not last for long. 2-cushion
:19:25. > :19:48.escape. There's a bit of pressure on the
:19:49. > :19:56.2-cushion escape. Marco can clearly get to the red on the left-hand side
:19:57. > :19:59.of the table. In the earlier match, he played this shot and missed it
:20:00. > :20:02.the first time. The second time, he caught it way thick. Obviously
:20:03. > :20:31.doesn't want to do that. He'll have to play the red on the side cushion.
:20:32. > :20:38.As a bonus, he's knocked the pink reasonably safe.
:20:39. > :20:54.In it goes. He's bound to the other colour. As we said, as we see this
:20:55. > :21:07.red - it looked a little bit wide. : Earlier when we were saying all the
:21:08. > :21:19.colours were in the open, but now there's an awkward pink, awkward red
:21:20. > :21:20.- the main priority now for Judd is to
:21:21. > :21:26.he should be able to do that and get right within range, points-wise, of
:21:27. > :21:40.his opponent. Don't think too far ahead in these
:21:41. > :21:47.circumstances - just concentrate on reducing your deficit.
:21:48. > :21:53.Easily said, but that red's always on the back of your mind. That's the
:21:54. > :22:00.one thing that makes you think you have a chance.
:22:01. > :22:07.A possibility, but I think he'll have other chances. As I say, he'll
:22:08. > :22:23.be more intent on trying to reduce the deficit here.
:22:24. > :22:29.Normally we'd say that left red on the left-hand side of the table
:22:30. > :22:32.would be OK for a left-handed player, but it won't be an easy pot
:22:33. > :23:04.no matter what. He's looked at the possibility of
:23:05. > :23:16.playing the red more in the middle of the table and playing that cannon
:23:17. > :23:24.onto the red. Will he be on the colour? Just about on the blue. He
:23:25. > :23:27.has released that red. He's made it a little bit easier to get on. He
:23:28. > :23:30.could possibly play the blue and play off two cushions and try and
:23:31. > :23:34.develop that red further that's on the left cushion. He's always going
:23:35. > :23:37.to be on the other red to the right corner. Maybe the blue's just too
:23:38. > :24:00.fine an angle. CROWD GROANS
:24:01. > :24:05.Mmm. Well, whatever you do, don't miss the blue. That now means that
:24:06. > :24:11.Marco comes to the table eyeing up the scoreboard. He's 28 points in
:24:12. > :24:14.front - red and black would put him 36 points in front, with 35
:24:15. > :24:51.remaining. 36 points the lead, 35 remaining.
:24:52. > :24:54.He'll play the double here. If it goes in, Judd won't bother, you
:24:55. > :25:01.wouldn't have thought, coming back to the table. It'll be all square.
:25:02. > :25:23.Four apiece. First priority for Judd is to hit
:25:24. > :25:27.this red and get it safe. APPLAUSE
:25:28. > :25:34.he can pot it, get position on the black maybe. Needs a bounce. He's
:25:35. > :26:00.got to pot the black, otherwise he'll need more than one snooker.
:26:01. > :26:07.Could send the yellow behind the table. Didn't have to send it too
:26:08. > :26:17.far. Just stun that cue ball behind the pink.
:26:18. > :26:25.Nearly got the double-kiss! Put it's worked out well - he got the snooker
:26:26. > :26:29.he needed! As we've seen in this match, this has not been Marco's
:26:30. > :26:40.strength today, escaping from snookers.
:26:41. > :27:03.He flicked the pink, but managed to avoid the double kiss on the yellow.
:27:04. > :27:09.The problem is, if you are sending the yellow behind the green, it's in
:27:10. > :27:15.the far back corner. It's always dangerous. If you don't get the
:27:16. > :27:47.snook, make certain you get the object ball safe.
:27:48. > :27:59.He's got a snooker. You wouldn't think it's going to be difficult to
:28:00. > :28:01.hit. Just a one-cushion escape. At this level, you'd expect Marco not
:28:02. > :28:21.to hit this yellow. That's apadvantage for Marco,
:28:22. > :28:27.meaning Judd can only flick off this yellow. Might have a possibility if
:28:28. > :28:32.he hits it thin enough to cannon in behind the black.
:28:33. > :28:46.Looks a good line. Maybe just a little bit narrow.
:28:47. > :28:51.Didn't want to nudge that pink onto the cushion, although the chance
:28:52. > :28:55.Marco will take it off here - that was one of Judd's best chances of
:28:56. > :29:27.winning snookers back, by that pink. I'm not quite certain what Judd
:29:28. > :29:55.played there but, whatever it is, I think it's cost him this frame.
:29:56. > :30:03.He hits that, his opponent concedes. Judd Trump hopes they're still there
:30:04. > :31:06.in this frame. I think that will be enough for
:31:07. > :31:08.Judd, and he nods to concede. APPLAUSE
:31:09. > :31:11.It's Marco Fu who pulls one back. It was frame that could have gone
:31:12. > :31:43.either way, but it's four apiece. If he can get this safe, why didn't
:31:44. > :31:47.he play it before? He hasn't got it safe, and he's here's a chance now
:31:48. > :31:52.for Judd. I said he just needed one more chance, and if he can get
:31:53. > :31:57.position on the black, particularly, then maybe he can run through. He
:31:58. > :32:01.could screw back for the blue. This is a chance to level the match.
:32:02. > :33:01.This could take us into a decider. APPLAUSE
:33:02. > :33:06.60 points the lead. Still 91 remaining. He'd like to have been on
:33:07. > :33:11.this red so he could play for the black. The black only available into
:33:12. > :33:13.this corner pocket. He's still looking for three reds, three
:33:14. > :33:25.colours. Played it nicely!
:33:26. > :33:26.APPLAUSE Another couple of rolls would have
:33:27. > :33:42.been better, but he's on the black. Of course, every time he pots a red,
:33:43. > :33:45.that reduces the amount remaining by eight points - a red and a black is
:33:46. > :33:58.the maximum. This black would put him 76 points
:33:59. > :34:01.in front with just 75 remaining. A snooker required. Looks like a
:34:02. > :34:27.decider! Add in a colour, and you wouldn't
:34:28. > :34:42.see Marco Fu coming back to the table.
:34:43. > :34:57.We've learned a lot about the misrule today, Stephen!
:34:58. > :35:01.You won't last long out there if you don't know the rules! Full contact.
:35:02. > :35:06.Full contact, yeah... He's done what he had to do, Judd.
:35:07. > :36:05.He's got this frame won. Delightful positional shot. He's
:36:06. > :36:13.already had a 120 break in this match, has Judd. A chance he might
:36:14. > :36:15.make his second century - as long as you're 73 or more coming up to the
:36:16. > :36:55.colours, you can make a hundred. Judd is a crowd-pleasing type of
:36:56. > :36:59.player, but he'll also have one eye - as will Marco - on the deciding
:37:00. > :37:24.frame that's to come. Coo Wonderful shot. Absolutely
:37:25. > :37:38.inch-perfect on the blue. Lovely touch.
:37:39. > :37:46.A 120 break in the seventh frame to go 4-3 in front in this very, very
:37:47. > :37:49.important... 101 to send us in all square, 5-5.
:37:50. > :37:54.APPLAUSE Both players now getting ready for
:37:55. > :37:56.their final-frame shoot-out for a place in the second round. Five
:37:57. > :38:01.apiece. The final frame. Judd Trump to
:38:02. > :38:29.break. It looks like a decent break-off.
:38:30. > :38:33.The fact that Marco is not looking down the red means he can't get to
:38:34. > :38:59.it. There's the proof. He's snookered on all reds.
:39:00. > :39:07.Got to be careful you don't overhit it and knock the red on. He's not
:39:08. > :39:13.hit it, and he may just have left - well, Judd's not even coming down to
:39:14. > :39:18.have a look. Had he been having a look at that - I would be having a
:39:19. > :39:38.look at that, I'll be honest with you.
:39:39. > :39:44.APPLAUSE He's not left a chance of the pot.
:39:45. > :40:41.First time around - that would have been interesting.
:40:42. > :40:47.I think Judd can see the red to the left-hand corner. It's his first
:40:48. > :41:09.opportunity. Not bad, kissing the blue, but that
:41:10. > :41:13.was the wrong side of it. Great long pot. As Ken was saying, in the final
:41:14. > :41:18.frames, you're always just hoping you're going to get that one chance,
:41:19. > :41:22.at least. Yeah, but I like the way he played that. It didn't seem
:41:23. > :41:28.anything anxious - he stroked it in. As you say, got the kiss on the
:41:29. > :41:31.blue, which is not ideal, but it could have been a lot worse. Just
:41:32. > :41:33.got to avoid those baulk colours now in trying to get the cue ball back
:41:34. > :41:38.to the business end. He could probably play for the red
:41:39. > :42:24.behind the black here. These are difficult at the best of
:42:25. > :42:32.times. 5-5. The Masters. Phew... You have to play it.
:42:33. > :43:24.APPLAUSE That was a good roll-up, but if he
:43:25. > :43:30.hasn't covered the escape down the right-hand side of the table off one
:43:31. > :43:33.cushion, I don't think Marco will be leaving anything here.
:43:34. > :43:50.Looks a pretty straightforward escape.
:43:51. > :43:57.The only thing is - we've seen it happen a few times today - is that
:43:58. > :44:00.Marco's played this shot and just overhit it slightly. If you do,
:44:01. > :44:03.there is a chance you can dislodge a red and put it into a potable
:44:04. > :44:50.position. If there isn't a gap in between
:44:51. > :44:54.green and pink - there's a couple of reds in line, directly in line with
:44:55. > :45:00.the pink and black - if he can't get to them, it's going to need a good
:45:01. > :45:01.shot to get back to baulk. He might just have the gap to play it. He
:45:02. > :45:37.has... It's up to Judd to find a path back
:45:38. > :45:53.to the baulk end now, and it's not a formality.
:45:54. > :46:03.You don't normally get a cue ball cleaned to play a safety. What do
:46:04. > :46:06.you think, Stephen? Red on the left-hand side of the table? Deep
:46:07. > :46:10.screw back to the baulk end? He's winding his arm up there, so I think
:46:11. > :46:17.something's going to happen here. You've got to hit these type of
:46:18. > :46:21.shots. They've got to be very close to the pocket to get the correct
:46:22. > :46:24.reaction. Wherever it is - deep sco - hold onto your hats.
:46:25. > :47:29.-- deep screw - hold onto your hats. A ripple of applause, but it's not
:47:30. > :47:33.justified, because this red will pot to the right middle. OK, he's not
:47:34. > :47:39.going to be certain where the cue ball's going to finish, so you
:47:40. > :47:42.always say in this situation, just concentrate fully on the pot and
:47:43. > :47:49.just hope you have a bit of luck with position. He's got to play the
:47:50. > :47:55.pot - there's no alternative. Oose I say, where the cue ball finishes,
:47:56. > :47:57.nobody knows. At least if you pot the red, you get to play the next
:47:58. > :48:14.shot. You never know what's around the
:48:15. > :48:15.corner! APPLAUSE
:48:16. > :48:22.He has developed the black, but there's a little bit of pressure on
:48:23. > :48:27.this one. Close to the cushion, three-quarter ball. Good cuing
:48:28. > :48:34.needed. I don't think it's an automatic roll-in and you'll finish
:48:35. > :48:37.up on a red. You don't want to do a lot with the cue ball. Just make
:48:38. > :48:42.certain you pot the red and see what happens. It couldn't have worked out
:48:43. > :48:48.much better. Just like that cue ball, to be a little bit further
:48:49. > :48:51.away from the cushion. In fact, maybe he's not that good on the
:48:52. > :48:55.black - he's eyeing up the yellow! Surely not. I can't believe the
:48:56. > :49:17.yellow's a shot. Taking too long on it, for me. Yep.
:49:18. > :49:20.As I say, if that cue ball was, say, six inches away from the cushion,
:49:21. > :49:24.he'd feel as though he'd pot the black no problem and could manoeuvre
:49:25. > :49:28.the cue ball. He feels as though he's got to roll the black in, and
:49:29. > :49:33.he doesn't feel as though he's automatically going to be on a red.
:49:34. > :49:36.He has to be in the red to the left of the pink to the left centre, by
:49:37. > :49:40.dropping the black in that. I don't see any problem with that. That's
:49:41. > :49:44.playing it dead weight, isn't it, Stephen? Maybe he just doesn't fancy
:49:45. > :49:47.rolling one in dead weight at this stage of the match. But you've got
:49:48. > :49:57.to hold your nerve. CROWD GROANS
:49:58. > :50:10.Took too long on that, for me. As soon as he potted the red and saw
:50:11. > :50:22.the black, he should have just been down.
:50:23. > :50:25.That was a great chance. Now this one falls to Marco Fu. Tricky red to
:50:26. > :51:13.start with, though. APPLAUSE
:51:14. > :51:16.Well, stroked it in. Didn't have to do much with the cue ball.
:51:17. > :51:21.Automatically going to be on the black. This is his chance. Nothing
:51:22. > :52:30.Judd Trump can do now. If this were in the middle of the
:52:31. > :52:37.match, you'd say it was virtually a certainty as a frame-winning chance.
:52:38. > :52:41.Obviously the massive pressure out there changes that, but it doesn't
:52:42. > :54:32.have a lot to do with the cue ball at all.
:54:33. > :54:38.He's looking at the scoreboard - I think that's just to give him a bit
:54:39. > :56:23.of thought time. May not have been ideal on the
:56:24. > :56:26.black, but the most important thing was to pot it.
:56:27. > :56:32.CROWD GROANS that used all the pocket, didn't it!
:56:33. > :56:46.But in it went. Looked a little bit wide.
:56:47. > :56:53.50 points the lead now. Red and a colour for a place in the second
:56:54. > :56:58.round. This match has toed and froed, but it looks like it's going
:56:59. > :57:12.the way of Marco Fu. APPLAUSE
:57:13. > :57:18.This black will come in 58 points -- put him 58 points in front with just
:57:19. > :57:24.51 remaining, and another false dawn for Judd Trump. Just can't get the
:57:25. > :57:28.results at the moment for one reason or another.
:57:29. > :57:36.APPLAUSE Just doesn't have the consistent
:57:37. > :57:41.anonymous that's required. He's too hot and cold. But every credit to
:57:42. > :57:47.Marco Fu - he's stuck at his task and, even when he went behind, he
:57:48. > :57:51.never lost his cool. His long potting is starting to improve. He's
:57:52. > :57:54.taken things really well with all the pressure that's on. He's made
:57:55. > :58:10.light of them. At the point now where Judd Trump
:58:11. > :58:18.will not bother coming back to the table. He'll be a handshake, and a
:58:19. > :58:23.great disappointment from Judd Trump. But that snooker -- that's
:58:24. > :58:26.snooker - there can only be one winner. Judd Trump leaves the arena
:58:27. > :58:31.very disappointed. Marco Fu will be over the moon. He's produced when it
:58:32. > :58:38.mattered, and he runs out, and he's got a place in the second round with
:58:39. > :58:43.a 6-5 victory. Well played. Yet another early exit for the
:58:44. > :58:46.Judder-naut, Judd Trump. Marco Fu held his nerve in the final-frame
:58:47. > :58:51.decider to go through to the quarterfinals. Much more from day
:58:52. > :58:53.three of the Masters from 1.00 on BBC Two this afternoon. Hope to see
:58:54. > :58:57.you then. Bye-bye.